I know .. I know ...

[Digger 66 3,478]

They're not red but they sure are COOL ! 

We lease about 4 acres from another local trucking company to keep our loaded trailers and I peeked inside one of their out buildings today .

There was a fella messin' around with one of their older Pete's so I walked over and struck up a conversation .

 

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,318]

I love tractors, no matter what the color!

  Thanks for posting them.

[ebinmaine 67,506]

Deers are cute for what they are but I've never been all Gaga over them. The Northeast is Deere country so there's a million of them around.

in most things and situations in my life I tend to gravitate towards things that are a little unusual or not quite what everybody else likes.

 

 

so my question is... What is that thing in the middle that is kind of Orange??

 

[CasualObserver 3,408]

7 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

What is that thing in the middle that is kind of Orange??

 

Same as the others... they're all John Deere model L tractors.  the last one is an "unstyled L"

 

They're small enough they fit in the back of a pickup truck.

[Digger 66 3,478]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

 

so my question is... What is that thing in the middle that is kind of Orange??

 

 

Yes , Casual Observer is correct .

It's a Deere too .

It was used by the Nova Scotia Highway department until it was retired.

It was fitted with a sickle bar that was in such bad shape it wasn't worth saving .

 

He also has this neat little ( 10-10 ) I think which has a rare 6 way blade .

He's going through the dozer and will be selling it I believe ....Hmmmmm .....

 

 

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

The John Deere 62, L and LA models were designed to be used on truck farms, small family farms and basically to do the same job as the Farmall Cubs were designed to do.  The Cubs came a few years after the John Deere L series.  I would love to have one of the Ls or LAs some day to compliment my two Farmall Cubs.

[WHNJ701 4,165]

39 minutes ago, CasualObserver said:

 

Same as the others... they're all John Deere model L tractors.  the last one is an "unstyled L"

 

They're small enough they fit in the back of a pickup truck.

don't give me any ideas....

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,496]

23 minutes ago, jabelman said:

don't give me any ideas....

I seen a picture of a Farmall Cub in back of a 8 foot bed full size pickup truck.

[JAinVA 4,619]

I like my WHs but my true passion is for the JD 2cylinder crawlers.My dad brought this one home in 1964 when I was 12.We went through it and I have been hooked on them ever since.This is my son Andrew on the 420c after I brought it back to VA from ME in 2008.It is still in the family.

Edited September 26, 2018 by JAinVA

[WHX?? 48,815]

We're gonna let you slide  but just this once Digger.. but don't let it happen again  

So your sayin that second orange one is a JD? That hood, well more of a cowl, is way cool old skool! 

Did you tell the guy about your red tractor habit?

[520hC-120 136]

JD is great and everything but too expensive just because they’re green, and they aren’t red like Farmalls!

Here are some pics of my ‘55 Famall 300

[JAinVA 4,619]

I have tractors in many colors.I have a 41 Farmall H and will have to say it is a lot easier to drive then any of the JDs from that era.

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

1 hour ago, Digger 66 said:

 

He also has this neat little ( 10-10 ) I think which has a rare 6 way blade .

He's going through the dozer and will be selling it I believe ....Hmmmmm .....

 

 

F.I.L had a 1010 with 6way blade and rear rippers sold it a few years back as it wasn't being used because of engine issues and a steering clutch problem. Video is when we fired it up after sitting for 6-7 years.

VIDEO0050.mp4

[JAinVA 4,619]

Biggest issue with the 1010/2010 series is the sleeve deck engine.One to walk away from for sure.

[Digger 66 3,478]

11 hours ago, WHX20 said:

We're gonna let you slide  but just this once Digger.. but don't let it happen again  

So your sayin that second orange one is a JD?

Did you tell the guy about your red tractor habit?

 

Thanks !

Yes .

Yes , and thankfully I had some pics of the old girl on my phone to show him . 

[Digger 66 3,478]

11 hours ago, WVHillbilly520H said:

 Video is when we fired it up after sitting for 6-7 years.

 

 

VIDEO0050.mp4

 

Can't seem to view this without saving it .....

[WVHillbilly520H 10,373]

1 hour ago, Digger 66 said:

 

Can't seem to view this without saving it .....

Yep, sorry it's from my phone

[Digger 66 3,478]

On 9/25/2018 at 5:04 PM, JAinVA said:

Biggest issue with the 1010/2010 series is the sleeve deck engine.One to walk away from for sure.

 

Can you elaborate a little on the sleeve deck you speak of ?

I'm sort of familiar with sleeved bores but isnt that when the block is usually cast of an alloy ?

Just doesnt make any sense to sleeve an iron block with iron sleeves unless it's like modern 2 strokes where the sleeves are coated with a super hard alloy ( Nikasil for instance ) .

 

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2018 by Digger 66

[JAinVA 4,619]

The sleeve deck idea Deere came up with is for both gas and diesel engines.Like any sleeved engine a sleeve is pressed into the bore and is sized to standard size.What Deere did is take all four sleeves and brazed them into a steel plate so that all of the bores are sleeved at one shot.The problem is that you can only go to Deere for this part,and you guessed it they are gold plated by their price.With that said I have been amazed at how many 60yr old parts are still available from Deere at a fair price.

[Digger 66 3,478]

9 minutes ago, JAinVA said:

The sleeve deck idea Deere came up with is for both gas and diesel engines.Like any sleeved engine a sleeve is pressed into the bore and is sized to standard size.What Deere did is take all four sleeves and brazed them into a steel plate so that all of the bores are sleeved at one shot.The problem is that you can only go to Deere for this part,and you guessed it they are gold plated by their price.With that said I have been amazed at how many 60yr old parts are still available from Deere at a fair price.

 

That's pretty interesting ^^ . Kind of dumb ( IMO ) but interesting .

Thank you ! 

[WHX?? 48,815]

Interesting JA, yes thank you... maybe someone's idea to cut manufacturing costs??? Or to make replaceing sleeves easier in the day?

[oliver2-44 9,753]

One of the challenges of putting wet sleeves (wet as in radiator cooling water on the outside of sleeve). Is the shoulder for the I-ring at the top or bottom of the block can get pitted up. Back in my tractor shop flunky days Had a one row Allis Chalmers that ate all the mechanics lunch trying to seal the water out of the oil after a resleeve. I wonder if the “deck sleeve” idea had something to do with  a better water to oil sealing design